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Portland Observer Thursday, December 30, 1971
Black Employment promise
by David M. Nero, J r , Pre»-
Uent NERO Industries, and
NERO and Associates
THE PROMISE
The promises of the great-,
est gains to be made by m inor
ities in America exists in 3
Equal
Opportunity
(C ivil.
Rights Act of 1964, T itle V II).|
The
practice exists
massive discrim ination, un
employment,
underemploy
ment, low pay rates and no
aJvancement, according to a
report by the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund, Inc.
By the third quarter of 1970,
unemployment fo r Black men
rose to 7.956, « jobless rate
more than 50$ higher than fo r
whites. F or young Black men
16 to
19, unemployment
jumped to 34.9$ - 1 out of
3 found no w ork. This rate
is fo r all Black male workers
16 to 19 years of age. F or
disadvantaged youth in poor
ghetto neighborhoods, em
ployment opportunity is al
most nonexistent according to
the report.
UNDEREMPLOYED
Blacks with Jobs when com
pared with whites, generally
have jobs with lower skills
and lowerpay(ironicaUy, they
are often required to deliver
a higher s k ill while remaining
on the pay scale fo r a lower
one). They have a dispro
portionate number of d irty
jobs, blind alley jobs, and
seasonal, insecure work, the
report states and is backed
by our personal experience.
More than five years after
the employment guarantees of
the C iv il Rights Act became
effective", personnel offices
and union hiring halls in all
parts of the United States
David M. Nero, J r , President of Nero Industries, Inc.
and Nero a r t Associates, In c , a Model Cities tuslnessman
and recognized authority on manpower development
are
s till
discrim inating;
Black workers with long years
of services find the doors of
advancement
tig h t- s h u t
against them.
THE RESULT
The median Black fam ily,
nationwide, gets $0A3< for
every
d o lla r
of income
received by the median white
fam ily. In the current infla
tion - recession. Black fam ily
income in the South is little
more than half the white aver
age.
WHERE IS THE PLAN?
There obviously is a broad
ani deep gap between thepro-
m ise of Equal Opportunity a rt
the practice. Equally obvious
is
the need fo r serious
dialogue among leaders In both
the public and private sectors
regarding employment for the
disadvantaged. We would be
quite interested in knowing
where the newly formed Hu
man Resources Commission
stands in regard to formula
ting a plan to actualizing the
goals of Equal Opportunity.
Professor notes
population gain
Recent studies which seem
to imply that the United States
is approaching a zero popu
lation giowth rate are highly-
misleading, according to P ro -
fessor P hilip M . Hauser of
the U niversity of Chicago.
" I t would be a grave m is
take to assume that the pop
ulation growth problems of the
United States are now re
solved.
Such complacency
could be followed by drastic
and irremediable consequen
ces," declared Hauser, testi
fying recently before the Sen
ate Committee on Labor and
Welfare, which has been hold
ing hearings on SJ Resolution
108 - the "Population Stabi
lization Resolution."
Hauser said he believed that
the current slump in fe rtility
rates is probably due more to
the economic recession and
unemployment than to any
widespread desire not to have
children. "T he reproductive
life of the female is some
30 years, from 15 to 45 years
of age,” Hauser said, " o v e r
this 30-year period .. babies
may be postponed during hard
times and produced later in
better tim es.”
in fact, ne
added, we may be on the verge
of the "second baby-boom"
as the children produced in
the fir s t baby-boom of the
1940’ s and *50s reach child
bearing age.
Speculation that the popula
tion of the U.S. may rise to
only 260 m illio n by the year
2.000 are unrealistic, ne
asserted, " in my judgement,
it is possible that the popu
lation of the United States,
despite the present slump in
the birth rate, may well reach
a number between 280 and 300
m i'lio n by the year 2,000.
Projections below that number
are based on extreme assumo-
tion that the natality declines
between 1957 and 1968 and fo r
part of 197i represent secu
la r (long runj rather than
cyclical declines. This may
conceivably turn out to be the
case but it is premature to
reach such a conclusion; and
on the basis of past experience
the odds are against it . "
The monthly " V ita l Statis
tics R eport" of November 29
shows! the rate of natural in
crease in this country as 8.L
persons per 1,000; over a
12-month period ending with
September.
Hauser concluded his testi
mony: "T o assume that there
is no longer need to work
to control our population
growth is to incur the risk
of disaster. To continue on
the assumption that much yet
remains to be done to bring
our
excessive populat.oa
growth under control is cer
tainly the cou-se of wisdom ."
1971 was a good year
The Portland observer takes this
and wish you a Happy New Year.
method to thank you
by Dorothy Spencer
The fa ll of seventy
We started on our way
It was so very much work
Just too much work for
a twenty-four hour day
But our course was set
We’ re here to stay, you bet
It was a very hard year
On Onion Avenue-
We were so cramped, you see
So we packed our gear
and we moved to get out of
m iseiy
to a larger place
Where we could have more
space
It was a very good year.
Our advertisers are great
You really came through
We’ re so appreciative
And we want to say, thanks
to you
You made it come true
You’ ve kept us here
It was a very good year.
We had a tab so small
We outgrew it last fall
Then Metro was a must
It was the only way out foi
us
We expanded you see
And we had no fear
It was a very good year,
I hen more blessings came
We purchased our press
And we were overjoyed
Just full to the brim with
happiness
We are on our way
A hearty - f hanks - to you
It was a very good year
Very good
Very good
It was a very good year.
Free
counseling
agency
The second volunteer coun
seling organization has been
established by the private sec
to r to assist m inority busi
nessmen in securing Federal
contracts. The program w ill
he administered to m inority
tusinessmen in Pittsburgh,
Pa. by Urban Talent Develop
ment Inc., a non-profit com
pany. Under an arrangement
with the General Services Ad
m inistration, Urban Talent
Development has been desig
nated a Federal Procurement
Counseling Center. GSA w ill
provide technical assistance,
m aterial, and a flow of current
information to the firm which
w ill then provide the service
to tusinessmen at no cost.
The fir s t program of this
kind
was established
in
Seattle, Washington, recently.
Four s im ila r programs are
planned fo r development in
Texas.
Bunche
issue
Publ,she«l
NEW YORK - The January
issue of "T he C r is is " maga
zine, the NAACP organ, is
dedicated to the memory of
Ralph J, Bunche, the late Uni
ted Nations Under-secretary,
who was a long time member
of the NAACP Board of D irec
tors.
The contents of the maga
zine include a moving eulogy
by NAACP Executive D irec
tor Roy Wilkins; an analytic
international c iv il servant by
P rof. John A. Davis of the
College of the C ity of New
York; a warm appi a Isa I of
Bunche the teacher by retired
Professor Sterling A. Brown
of Howard University; and
b rie f tributes by more than a
score of eminent American
and foreign leaders who had
worked with D r. Bunche in
various endeavors.
Also included in this spec
ial issue of "T he C ris is " are
three notable addresses by D r.
Bunche; a four-page pictorial
"Odyssey of a Statesman";
and an editoi lal on D r. Runciie.
The magazine is due out this
week.
PCC assist area High Schools
The Portland Community
gram provides two incentives:
College D is tric t encompasses
•’ firs t to the high school In
35 high schools located in five
structor to prepare his stu
different counties. PCC, in
dents fo r advanced placement,
Ciopei atlon with d is tric t su
aid secondly to the student
perintendents and high school
h im se lf." Fots says the only
officials, has developed p r o
unexpected result of the pro
giam s to answer specific ed
gram Is that high school In
ucational needs of the students
structors are undeiestimating
enrolled In these high schools.
the quality of their instruction
This fall a new program of
aril are reluctant toplace stu
advanced placement for high
dents as high as they should be
school achievement was stai t-
placed. Advanced placement
ed In PCC’ sDraftingTechnol
programs w ill be started soon
ogy program. A lte r more than
ui machine shop, electronics,
a year of working with super
and construction technology.
intendents and industrial arts
Included in the mote than
teachers in the community
¿0,000
students attending
college d is tric t, a plan was es
Portland Community College
tablished to give competent
this fall term are 310 students
and experienced high school
who ate involved in PCC’ high
graduates advanced standing
school articulation program.
in the PCC drafting program.
This program provides learn
A fte r review of the drafting
ing experiences for adults who
program course outlines, syl
ate returning to earn a high
labi, a rt tests, the high school
school diploma and high school
instructor is responsible for
age students who ate sim ul
evaluating his student’ s pro
taneously enrolled at PCC and
gress a rt then helping to place
at one of the high schools In the
him in the most appropriate
d is tric t.
s k ill level of the PCC pro
In 19o9 the Otegon Board of
gram. If the student success
Education granted tocommun-
fu lly completes the course Into
lty colleges the authority to
which he has been placed, he
issue adult high school diplo
receives cre d it fo r all prere
mas to persons21 years of age
quisite courses.
atxi older, i f a student is un
Glen F ors,
Department
der 21 years of age, he must
Chairman for Engineering a rt
receive permission Irom his
Drafting, says the new pro
d is tric t high school to enroll
Figurine Shaping Studio
at PCC for an Adult High
School Diploma. At the com
pletion of 19 cred It units a high
school diploma la awarded.
Students who attend PCC un
der "simultaneous enroll
ment” speixl one-half day at
their high school and one-half
day at PCC. The program is
specially designed fo r stu
dents needing coui ses that
their high sc hoots do not offer.
Students receive both high
school ami college credit foi
satisfactorily completed work
at PCC. As an example, each
college term approximately 10
students from Ilg a id High
School are also enrolled at
PCC, taking courses which
w ill piepai e them for careers
in machine technology, weld-
uig, drafting, airfram e ami
powerplant, and automotive
technology at the same time
they complete the require
ments fo r their Tigard High
School diploma.
Figurine Shaping Studio is opening It’ s reducing N liealth
tuliding program to men. Now Men, you loo cun enjoy (Ilia
simple, easy way to lose those unwanted pounds and incite si
Stalling January 11, men's houi » at the studio will 1»
6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Your program w ill 1« designed especially to suit you I
needs.
needs. Expert counsellors w ill suggest suitable diets and a
program of active and passive exercises especially suited
to your needs.
E nroll now In this 3 month pilot pi ogram foi the low cost
of only ) 15.00 pet rnonthl
taurine
w X SHAPING STUPKX
2 8 5 -0 4 9 5
Winter driving means slick,
wet streets and more i ear-
end accidents. If somebody’ s
crowding you from behind..
..slow down, pull over, and
let them pass as soon is
possible.
In other words, it s clean-up time
m Oregon —n o w -a n d electric
energy is the best— in some cases
— the only way to accomplish this'
We are entering the era of the
three R's
reclaim, recycle and
reuse To re-use bottles and cans,
to pulverize non-biodegradeable
trash and garbage, to dry it for high
tem perature burning under
controlled conditions: to melt and
re-cycle salvageable materials
Already in Portland, giant,
electrically-driven machines shred,
bale or compress old auto bodies
and other junk for use again
All forms of pollution abatement
will require massive amounts of
electric energy in the immediate
future to meet governmental
standards For example, one
Oregon industry alone will require
a 20 per cent increase in energy
consumption annually to meet
clean-up requirements of the
Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality
Oregon s need for more
electricity to enable its residents
to live better and to work better in
our beautifully scenic state can
best be met now and in the future
by using electricity produced by
nuclear plants which is clean to
make, clean to use
Nuclear energy opens the door
to a bright, clean future of
abundant, low-cost electricity that
we need to help preserve Oregon s
matchless environm ent
while we still have time
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